While studies on COVID‐19 vaccine is ongoing, the public’s thoughts and attitudes to the future COVID‐19 vaccine

Abstract

Objective In this study, we aim to investigate the thoughts and attitudes of individuals towards the future COVID‐19 vaccine. Methods This descriptive study was carried out on the web between 10/06/2020 and 10/07/2020. The sample constitutes all individuals above 18 years of age using social media and smartphone. The e‐survey form was shared by the researchers via the web for a month, and those who completed the survey were included in the study and formed the sample of the research. Results Seven‐hundred and fifty‐nine people participated. 49.7% of the participants stated to be vaccinated; 38.4% of them stated to be vaccinated their children against COVID‐19; if the vaccine for COVID‐19 is developed. The request for the COVID‐19 vaccine had relationship with gender, occupation, health insurance, anxiety level, having children and willing to get vaccinated for their children. “Afraid of the side effects of vaccine”, “don't think it can be reliable as it will be a new vaccine” and “COVID‐19 infection is a biological weapon and the vaccine will serve those who produce this virus” were the most common reasons for rejection of vaccine. Conclusion In our study, afraid of the side effects of vaccine and not thinking it can be reliable as it will be a new vaccine are the most reasons of indecision and rejection about COVID 19 vaccine. In order for the future COVID 19 vaccination campaign to not fail, media, politicians and healthcare professionals should closely follow the vaccination development processes, inform the public transparently and consider public's concerns.

Parental psychological distress and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: A cross-sectional survey in Shenzhen, China

“…On the contrary, studies among people needed to be vaccinated showed that depressive and anxious symptoms were associated with more acceptability of influenza vaccination ( Chan et al, 2015 ; Lawrence et al, 2020 ; Mohammed et al, 2020 ). It was consistent that one recent survey in Turkey revealed a positive association between anxiety level and the public willingness to get COVID-19 vaccination ( Akarsu et al, 2021 ). Current opinions believed that the widespread psychological distress caused by the pandemic of COVID-19 have impacted health behaviors and vaccination intentions ( Chou and Budenz, 2020 ), however, population-based researches that linked psychological health with COVID-19 vaccination intentions remain scant, especially from the perspective of parents.…”

Willingness to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain before the Start of Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…The manifestation of “fear of the secondary effects” was repeated in this and other studies as the main cause for vaccine hesitation [ 4 , 20 , 39 ]. The high percentage of hesitation in the Spanish population could be partly explained by the rejection of the government’s management in 2020, as indicated by the low confidence in the politicians, the concern when facing a lack of political consensus, and the influence of the political inclination when accepting the vaccine, as shown in our study [ 30 , 40 ].…”

“…As for the sources of information, the press and the radio were cited as the most utilized, along with the social networks, which represented a high percentage (25%). These last, more social sources of information could be linked to false news or non-contrasted statements that could derive into an increased hesitancy [ 39 ]. Due to this, scientists from the area of health could be ones who must play the information dissemination role for the population, to transmit the latest findings [ 45 ].…”

Factors Influencing Public Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: A Scoping Review Informed by the Socio-Ecological Model

“…In this review, 28 studies depicted the sociodemographic factors associated with public attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccination. Coherent to findings from the literature [78], the most common factors found to influence vaccine acceptance at the microlevel were age, educational level, gender, race, and income status [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]63,65,68,[71][72][73]. More willingness to receive a vaccine was reported in the older age group [23,25,27,31,34,35,38,53,65], while resistance, hesitancy, and lack of intention to be vaccinated emerged in the younger age group [29,35,51].…”

“…Only one study in the USA reported higher willingness among men [32]. Moreover, other factors were included, such as health condition, people with chronic diseases [29,31,49,65,73], occupation status [27,30,46,50,53,73], marital status [27,28,52], place of residence [29,51,68,73], women being pregnant [29] or having children [30], and those who have health insurance or not [30,31,36,51]. The reviewed articles showed that individuals who had chronic diseases, were employed, married with children, and had health insurance were more likely to report acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.…”